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2005 Pulitzer Prize Board
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Front row: N. Lemann, P. Steiger, A. Barnes, S. Gissler, R. Oppel
Back row: K. Carroll, D. Kennedy, M. Pride, J. Byrd, J. Amoss, H. Gates, A. Gyllenhaal, A. Bennett, D. Graham, G. Moore, A. Lipinski, T. Friedman

Board Lander Sub Title
Andrew Barnes, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator

Tommy Tomlinson

Publication
The Charlotte (NC) Observer
Citation
For his provocative columns with a wide-ranging human touch.
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Categories: Commentary

Nicholas D. Kristof

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For his powerful columns that portrayed suffering among the developing world's often forgotten people and stirred action.
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Categories: Commentary

Staff

Publication
The Charlotte Sun
Citation
For its heroic coverage of Hurricane Charley after it destroyed the homes of employees and cut the paper's power supply and phone service.
Location
Charlotte Harbor, FL
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Staff

Publication
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Citation
For its enterprising and wideranging coverage, under difficult conditions, of four hurricanes that battered Florida over a six-week span.
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William Souder

Publication
Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America
Publisher
North Point Press/Farrar
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Categories: Biography

Dana Priest

Publication
The Washington Post
Citation
For her determined, deeply sourced and insightful coverage of United States intelligence operations.
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Categories: Beat Reporting

Ronald Brownstein

Publication
Los Angeles Times
Citation
For the clarity, consistency and quality of his political reporting during a presidential election year.
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Categories: Beat Reporting